Anthropic and OpenAI may restrict enterprise API access to their most powerful AI models, sparking concerns over competition risks.

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has broken through the $64,000 level, with a 1.23% gain in the past 24 hours.

SoftBank has closed its largest-ever Series A funding round for construction robotics, investing $200 million in Gravis Robotics, with a post-money valuation of approximately $1 billion. Gravis Robotics is a construction robotics startup spun off from ETH Zurich in 2022, headquartered in Zurich, specializing in AI autonomy retrofitting solutions for existing heavy earthmoving equipment such as excavators and loaders. Its core product, the "Gravis Rack," is a quick-install control kit that supports fully autonomous operation or AI-assisted driving, is compatible with equipment from multiple brands including Caterpillar, John Deere, Volvo, JCB, and Hitachi, and claims to boost operational efficiency by up to around 30%.

Tom Lee, chairman of BitMine—the largest Ethereum treasury—cited technical analysis to express expectations of an upcoming technical breakout for Ethereum. ETH’s current price is just 3.5% away from breaking through the upper edge of the daily Ichimoku cloud, which would mark the first time the crypto has held above this key resistance since October 9, 2025. Ethereum is currently trading around $1,906, with the Ichimoku cloud resistance looming just ahead. Lee has maintained his earlier bullish stance on Ethereum; in July, he published a public note arguing that the ETH/BTC ratio would strengthen in the second half of 2026, driven by the combined factors of Ethereum’s monetary narrative, stablecoin growth, and asset tokenization. The upper edge of the Ichimoku cloud is viewed by technical analysts as a key reference for trend shifts, and a valid breakout could open further upside potential.

This dumb money bought back 1,674 $ETH ($3.19M) at a high price of $1,906 again. This guy is always selling low and buying high. Two months ago, he still had 1,891 $ETH. Now he has only 1,674 $ETH, losing 217 $ETH ($414K) through swing trading. Sometimes, just holding is better than trading blindly.

Chinese AI chip firm Cambricon announced that it has recently received the "Transfer Registration Confirmation" and "Securities Change Registration Certificate" from the Shanghai Branch of China Securities Depository and Clearing Co., Ltd., completing the share registration for the first vesting period of the reserved portion of its 2023 Restricted Stock Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan"). A total of 124 incentive recipients are eligible for this vesting. The total number of shares to be listed and traded is 561,000, with the listing date set for August 20, 2026. The total vested restricted shares amount to 597,600: 36,600 shares come from the company’s repurchased A-share common stock, and the remaining 561,000 shares are from the company’s targeted issuance of A-share common stock to the incentive recipients.

A senior Iranian official said Iran has set a several-week deadline for the U.S. to fully implement the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding (MOU), noting that Iran will not wait indefinitely for the U.S. to maintain its maritime blockade. Citing that "efforts to reach a permanent ceasefire agreement with the U.S. have reached an impasse", Iran has decided to shift its policy "from defensive to fully offensive". If diplomatic efforts fail, "Iran is prepared to escalate tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and the Middle East region. Iran’s timeline will be conveyed to the U.S. through intermediary countries". The U.S. and Iran released the official MOU text on June 17, with its third clause stipulating that both sides commit to negotiating and reaching a final agreement within a maximum of 60 days. The 60-day negotiation window set by the MOU expired on August 17. Due to severe disagreements on issues including the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S.-Iran negotiations reached an impasse and made no substantive progress. (CCTV News)